Genre

Math Rock

Post-punk technicality angularism with progressive technicalities, math rock tends to be rhythmically complex experimental rock. Artists within the movement tend to have a traditional rock setup (guitar, bass, drums), yet perform within non-traditional time structures while exploring dissonance and jazz-inspired noise. Beginning with Slint's groundbreaking 1991 record Spiderland, groups continue to push the math rock sound forward, evolving into the complex sounds evident in releases by groups such as Battles and the Shipping News.